Societal Ills Archive

I spend my work days in a large city and assist in the day to day facilities management of many commercial properties. These areas attract many different types of people from all over. What I experience on a daily basis gives a good representation of...

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Trump a “f—king moron,” National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster calls Trump a “dope.” Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus both refer to him as an “idiot.” Rupert Murdoch says Trump is a “f—king idiot.”...

A Living Wage is enough to: -Rent a place to live -Feed and clothe yourself -Afford transportation -Afford healthcare -All without the help of anyone else Any business that cannot pay such a wage based on the location’s cost of living shouldn’t be in business....

North Korea is not going to launch a nuclear weapon at anyone without being provoked and feeling certain that their regime’s livelihood is threatened. So why is the U.S. government (primarily President Trump) provoking them? Since when is war and the ensuing violence and massive...

Unfortunately this is an off year for elections, with substantially less news and things at stake than mid-term or presidential elections, but it still is a good time to re-evaluate where our society stands and contemplate what has happened over the last year. Regardless of anyone’s...

Those people who are bitching about athletes kneeling during the National Anthem don’t give a damn about their reasons. Though I wouldn’t have the balls to kneel during the Anthem, I sympathize with those athletes. I’m extremely disappointed in my country right now and my fellow humans in...

Another Reason To Get Rid Of The Electoral College There are about 5 million U.S. citizens in U.S. territories that cannot vote in a Presidential election. Why? Because when you vote in the U.S. you are not voting for a President, you are voting for...

Two world leaders. With fingers on nuclear triggers. Throwing childish jabs at each other. Reactionary, immature, egomaniacs. Representing the very worst in all of us. We are all human. We all have angry, fearful, defensive, mean-spirited thoughts, but a mature person keeps them to themselves,...

When things are not going your way or when serious shit goes down it’s all too easy for people to start pointing the finger at ethnic, cultural, or religious groups as the root cause. It is also the intellectually lazy approach to dealing with societal...

Everyone has heard of “The Seven Deadly Sins.” This old Christian tradition includes the “sins” of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. Well, I have some of my own, that morally and culturally have either been ignored or not prioritized by our leaders and...

CURRENT THOUGHTS…

I'm well acquainted with change and evolution, but it never made sense to me that as people grow older they slowly start to abandon so many positive things that were once a fixture of their past. It isn't a matter of growth, it's just abandonment. For example, it's easy to see what has value in other people's eyes when you examine their priorities. When some people prioritize their routine hobbies over positive, but infrequent traditions, you realize they cannot be trusted and it's time to put your energy towards more reliable people who stay true to themselves.

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